The error made by conspiracy theorists and contrarians is to demand proof rather than come to a conclusion.There is often an element of subjectivity in deciding what the truth is. An obstinate individual might never accept the truth no matter how much information is available.
Regarding CE399 found at Parkland Hospital by Daryl C. Tomlinson: we have his statement made to CBS Television for their 1967 program ?CBS News Inquiry ? The Warren Report?.
A conclusion usually involves deciding which alternative scenario is more likely to be what actually happened: the truth.Alternative #1: The bullet found at Parkland Hospital (CE399) was fired by C2766?the rifle now in the National Archives in Washington DC. Moreover it was fired at approximately 12:30 pm CST by the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
? Witnesses heard three (3) shots fired at President Kennedy?s limousine as it drove down Elm Street, Dealey Plaza. Three of those witnesses were directly beneath the shooter who was firing from the SE corner (6th floor) of the Texas Schoolbook Depository (TSBD).
? A Mannlicher Carcano rifle (C2766) was found on the 6th floor of the TSBD near the rear stairs. The rifle was determined to be owned and possessed by an employee of the TSBD, Lee Harvey Oswald.
? Three cartridge cases were found in the SE corner (6th floor) of the TSBD. Ballistic tests concluded that they were fired in the Carcano rifle C2766.
? Two bullet fragments were found in the Presidential limousine (in Washington DC) on the evening of 22 November 1963. Ballistic tests concluded the fragments were parts of a bullet fired in C2766.
? One whole bullet was found at Parkland Hospital soon after President Kennedy and Governor Connally were admitted there.
? Hospital employee Daryl C. Tomlinson found the bullet that was designated by the Warren Commission as CE399.
? Ballistic tests concluded that CE399 was fired in the Carcano rifle C2766.
? CE 399 has damage consistent with causing wounds to President Kennedy and Governor Connally.
Alternative #2: The bullet found at Parkland Hospital by Daryl C. Tomlinson was lost or deliberately discarded by the FBI. Another bullet was fired in C2766 and presented to the Warren Commission as the stretcher bullet (CE399).
Alternative #3: The bullet found at Parkland Hospital (CE399) was fired by C2766?the rifle now in the National Archives in Washington DC. It was fired at some undetermined time (prior to 12:30 pm CST) by an unknown person. Subsequently it was planted at Parkland Hospital by an unknown person at a time that cannot be precisely determined. Those persons were part of conspiracy to assassinate John F. Kennedy. The bullet was planted to frame Lee Harvey Oswald as the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
Those who believe ?Alternative #3? to be ?the truth? are required to explain a scenario in which CE399 was planted by conspirators. They must provide convincing evidence to prove their version of ?the truth?.Alternately it can be conceded that it was CE399 that fell out of the shallow wound in Governor Connally?s thigh on to the stretcher that he lay on during his journey up to the operating room at Parkland Hospital. That bullet now resides in the National Archives in Washington DC.
Those are the three (3) alternatives. I look forward to the writer of the subject stating which alternatives he believes is ?the truth?... presumably #2 or #3.